[CREATE] otf•UI product vision, warm off the press...

[Dave Crossland]

On 18 September 2015 at 14:50, peter sikking <peter at mmiworks.net> wrote:

> The openType-features UI project (otf•UI) is an infrastructure project
> closely tied to Harfbuzz. It aims to drag the user-controllable openType
> features out of obscurity and make them generally, and consistently,
> available. All platforms where Harfbuzz is used—desktop, tablet and
> handheld—are in scope.
>
> Direct users of otf•UI are application developers. They get clear-cut and
> feasible solutions for integrating openType features with their
> text-editing capabilities, without the need to obtain
> openType/typographical domain knowledge.
>
> End-users of otf•UI are anyone editing rich text. They get the
> capabilities to use openType features to make their texts communicate
> better and to refine their texts’ aesthetic and typographical qualities.
>

I suggest

- replacing openType with OpenType throughout.

- removing "make their texts communicate better and to"

- distinguishing 2 classes of end-users, general public (eg slide deck
editors like LibreOffice) and typographers (eg Scribus users)
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